CIMAM: What’s On Now
Discover the current CIMAM programs, calls, and opportunities
As a CIMAM member, your participation in CIMAM programs not only connects you with peers across the world but also contributes to a growing network of shared knowledge, tools, and modern and contemporary art museum best practices.
Get engaged!
Open Call for 2026 OMPA Nominations
- CIMAM opens the Call for Nominations for the sixth edition of the Outstanding Museum Practice Award (OMPA) 2026.
📅 Deadline: 15 April 2026 at midnight (CEST)
Participate in a workshop
"Towards a Relationship of Care and Understanding between Museums and Artists."
Based on the Position Paper developed through CIMAM’s Best Practices for Museums Working with Living Artists project, moderated by Doryun Chong and Pascal Gielen.
📅 Monday, 27 April 2026: 1 pm CEST / 7 pm HKT
Call for Hosts of CIMAM's 2027 Annual Conference
- Call for CIMAM members to apply to host the CIMAM 59th Annual Conference, one of the most significant professional gatherings on the international modern and contemporary art museum calendar.
→ For any questions regarding the application process, please contact us at conference@cimam.org
📅 Deadline: 30 April 2026
Free Admission for CIMAM Members: The Mardin Biennial - SKYground
- Dates: 15 May – 21 June 2026
- Opening event (Preview Day): 15 May, Sabancı City Museum
- 4:00 PM: Informal meeting with CIMAM Members, hosted by Biennial Curator Çelenk Bafra
- Learn more about the biennial
→ 📅 RSVP by 27 April: institutions@cimam.org
Apply for a CIMAM Travel Grant: the International Call is Now Open!
CIMAM invites curators, researchers, and museum professionals working in modern and contemporary art to apply for a Travel Grant to attend the 58th CIMAM Annual Conference, taking place in Harare, Zimbabwe (20–22 November 2026).
→ Apply for a CIMAM Travel Grant
📅 Deadline: 4 May 2026 at 8:00 am (CEST)
Join the upcoming CIMAM Connects session
Research as a Core Museum Practice: From Grounded Knowledge Production to Exhibition Display
Led by Sabrina Moura, Head of Research, Louvre Abu Dhabi
📅 Wednesday, 13 May 2026
→ Register
Join the CIMAM membership for the 2026–28 term
- Apply to join as an Individual
- Apply to join as an Institutional
- Support CIMAM, join our Patrons' Program
Stay connected, keep learning, and grow through CIMAM’s open programs and resources for all museum professionals
- Recommended Reading & Listening of books, articles and podcasts.
- The Sustainability Toolkit updated with new resources.
- Open Job Opportunities through August and September.
- CIMAM’s Spotify Playlist curated by our Members.
- 2026 Webinars: Catch up on sessions you missed or want to revisit.
- 2026 CIMAM Connects: Join the members-only conversations on Contemporary Art Museum Practice
- Revisit or watch for the first time all speaker presentations and Q&A sessions from CIMAM 2025 on CIMAM TV.
Thank you for your participation and contribution to CIMAM's programs :)
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